Application Stories

  • Oil & Gas - Customer saves $50k and avoided months of unplanned downtime with i-ALERT and ITT Pro Services.

    A customer was recently saved from emergency repair costs and unplanned downtime with the quick action of the i-ALERT system and repair from the ITT Pro Services team.

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  • Oil & Gas - How i-ALERT Avoids High- Risk Operation and Costly Downtime

    A large refinery was experiencing issues with a set of crude feed pumps in parallel operation. i-ALERT sensors installed on these pumps were showing high vibration levels multiple times during...

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  • Water/Wastewater - i-ALERT Machine Health Solution Supports Clean Drinking Water

    Unplanned downtime and catastrophic repair avoided while continuing operations after i-ALERT detects a loose impeller in a seawater desalination plant, saving time and money.

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  • Oil & Gas - i-ALERT Machine Health Solution Supports Safety & Environmental Goals

    Fast and accurate data detection from the i-ALERT highlighted a severe machine issue, allowing changeover to a back-up pump with no production loss and avoided potential injury to personnel and...

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  • Municipal Water - i-ALERT Diagnostics Early Bearing Defect Detection

    The online monitoring, diagnostic accuracy and sensitivity allowed the operator to continue to run the pump as long as possible and extend the time until repair...

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  • General Industry - Solution Saves 72-Hour Downtime and $290,000 USD

    A leading cement producer in North America utilized the i-ALERT Sensor in conjunction with i-ALERT Gateway to pick up inconsistencies with their motor and send alarm notifications for over 3 months...

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  • General Industry - Vital Equipment Diagnostics at a Northeast USA Hospital

    A large hospital in the Northeast USA with limited internal resources for vibration analysis needed to monitor machines vital to critical operations.

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  • Oil & Gas - New predictive maintenance program earns company quick returns.

    An oil and gas company in Thailand has recently been upgrading their preventive maintenance program to a predictive maintenance program. At the core of this initiative is the i-ALERT® equipment...

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  • Bio-fuel - Premature bearing failure traced to structural resonance

    A bio-fuel producer takes in waste oil products and turns them into renewable diesel. Shortly after a pump that is used to transfer hot hydrocarbons was repaired, it experienced bearing failure...

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  • Mining - Repeated failures of ore processing machine ended thanks to new vibration monitoring devices.

    A global leader in mineral processing uses a so-called Exciter machine in their ore processing operations. The machine aggressively shakes a large screen to separate larger rocks from smaller ones...

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  • Nuclear Powerplant - Continuous condition monitoring proves its worth in nuclear power plant

    A nuclear power plant in the process of a multi year shut-down program uses vertical turbine pumps to circulate cooling water. To help evaluate their performance, the pumps were fitted with i-ALERT...

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  • Oil & Gas - Company finds way to continuously monitor rotating equipment in widely dispersed locations.

    A global Oil & Gas company has refineries and a fuel terminal distribution network of over 100 depots, diesel stops, service stations and marine facilities throughout Australia. Their Sydney-based...

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  • Oil & Gas - Refinery

    A major European refinery has 700-800 pumps that must be maintained in top working condition. This was accomplished through a maintenance program based on measuring vibration using micro-log data...

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  • Powerplant - Repeated condensate pump failures resolved using continuous monitoring data

    A geothermal powerplant in the California desert was plagued by frequent failures of their condensate pumps. On average the bearings and mechanical seals needed to be replaced every two weeks and...

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  • Chemical Process - Intelligent control ends string of failures with overflow pit pumps

    A petrochemical plant uses an overflow pit to collect the waste from several different chemical processes. Because the waste contains solids and mixed particulate matter, the pit was fitted with...

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  • Chemical - Bad Actor Process Pump

    A North American-based chemical company has many pumps that must be maintained in top working condition. This was accomplished through a predictive maintenance program based on measuring vibration...

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  • Cooling Tower - Condition Monitoring from a Distance

    A critical cooling tower at a New Jersey hospital failed unexpectedly and an emergency repair was required. Prior to the failure, only annual vibration checks were allowed since the cooling tower...

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  • Petrochemical - Cut Data Collection Time in Half

    A major petrochemical additives company has a large number of pumps that must be maintained in top working condition at all times. This had been accomplished by measuring vibration using walkaround...

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  • Pulp & Paper - Paper Products

    To ensure productivity, a Fortune 500 paper manufacturer must keep all of their rotating equipment, including their tissue machine rolls, in top working condition. Normally this is accomplished...

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